§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the top 20 tourist attractions in the north-west in numbers visiting or attending; and if he will indicate the attendances in each instance for the last year which they are available.
§ Mr. NichollsThe English Tourist Board's annual survey of visits to tourist attractions gives the following figures for the North West regional tourist board area in 1988:
Number of Visits Blackpool Pleasure Beach 6,500,000 Albert Dock, Liverpool 3,500,000 Pleasureland, Southport 1,500,000 Blackpool Tower 1,477,500 Frontierland, Morecambe 1,000,000 Stapeley Water Gardens 1,000,000 Chester Zoo 896,822 Croxteth Country Park 750,000 Louis Tussaud's Waxworks, Blackpool 750,000 Sandcastle World of Water, Blackpool 695,000 Etherow Country Park 600,000 Liverpool Museum 585,222 Knowsley Safari Park 509,577 Tate of the North, Liverpool 500,000 Heaton Park, Manchester 500,000 Camelot Theme Park 450,000 Merseyside Maritime Museum 409,012 Blackpool Zoo 360,480 Chester Visitor Centre 346,000 Lyme Park 300,000